Offbeat Food: Adventures in an Omnivorous World

By Alan Ridenour

Book Overview

Fourth in our internationally acclaimed Offbeat series, Offbeat Food: Adventures in an Omnivorous World explores the unusual, unexpected, and extraordinary aspects of food and food culture. This unique book will provide hours of robust entertainment for even the finickiest gourmet. Everything from food Americana-style to the mysterious durian fruit to the appearance of food in the arts and popular culture to the oddities and delights of the international palette is covered in this "foodie" smorgasbord. Alan Ridenour's postmodern foodlore primer is guaranteed to start-and end-countless dinner table conversations and arguments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891661094
• ISBN13: 9781891661099
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Santa Monica Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

i have turned my will over to the care of al

this may sound pathetic but i would put anything into my mouth that al ridenour suggested, no matter how many transfats or grams of refined sugar. i would gladly give up my trim 31 inch waist to savor al's cursory approval. i would rifle a dozen donut stix into my pie hole, then follow up with a pickled pigs feet chaser, if only to make Al nod, perhaps smile, I would eat my boston terrier's poopy, if that's what it would take. I will go to any lengths to get what al has.

wonderful and wacky

What a cool book! A bit of history,folklore and just a lot of fun. If you read cookbooks like novels this is definitely a book you will enjoy.Would make a great gift for curious food friends (hint - hint)or lovers of offbeat and odd facts.